Advocating for the Ignorant

Rosamund, Jane, and their little millstones

Unmarried motherhood in the 1960s.

Mar 6 • Sarah Harkness

62

24

14

February 2026

Just for a change, some Victorian financial skulduggery

And why we always need a good villain to blame

Feb 25 • Sarah Harkness

35

14

10

Miss Fanny Johnson

A Victorian Headmistress

Feb 14 • Sarah Harkness

33

5

January 2026

Revisiting Anita Brookner

And trying to stay cheerful

Jan 31 • Sarah Harkness

68

22

17

Susan and Tony

A love story

Jan 17 • Sarah Harkness

44

24

11

One Fine Day

A hymn of thanks by Mollie Panter-Downes

Jan 5 • Sarah Harkness

39

11

9

December 2025

The Forsyte Saga revisited

With grateful thanks to the RSC in Stratford

Dec 23, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

32

13

9

In Praise of the Middlebrow

And the British Library Women Writers Series

Dec 7, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

73

23

19

November 2025

Polly and Elwyn

A couple fighting for peace, justice, and for the Pearly Kings and Queens

Nov 24, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

29

15

12

Emily Young and 'William'

When the truth is more extraordinary than the fiction

Nov 14, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

63

10

12

Rose, I never knew you

Rose Macaulay and The Towers of Trebizond

Nov 5, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

45

32

8

October 2025

Miss Marjoribanks and the suffragette colours

Surely not just a coincidence?

Oct 25, 2025 • Sarah Harkness

46

8

12